Luís Cardoso

Luís Cardoso
Cardoso (right) in Lisbon in 1992
BornLuís Cardoso de Noronha
(1958-12-08) 8 December 1958
Cailaco, Bobonaro, Portuguese Timor
(now East Timor)
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Professor of Tetum and Portuguese Language
LanguagePortuguese
EducationGraduate in Silviculture
Alma materInstituto Superior de Agronomia, University of Lisbon
Notable awardsPrêmio Oceanos
2021 O Plantador de Abóboras

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Luís Cardoso de Noronha (born 8 December 1958) is a contemporary East Timorese writer. His work focuses on the history of his homeland. It is written in Portuguese, and has been translated into other languages including French and English. In 2021, he won the Prêmio Oceanos for his novel The Pumpkin Planter (Sonata for a Fog) (O Plantador de Abóboras (Sonata para uma Neblina) (2020)).